I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way. William P. Leahy More Quotes by William P. Leahy More Quotes From William P. Leahy The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better. William P. Leahy perspectivetogetherfeelings The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy. William P. Leahy celibacychurchmay I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members. William P. Leahy hierarchyforgivenesserrors One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice. William P. Leahy divorceissuesrights No organization, whether it's police or physicians or whatever, wants to have its errors held up to the light of day, but it's wrong, as is coming out so well. William P. Leahy errorslightorganization We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture. William P. Leahy entitytryingculture The Spirit hasn't deserted the church today. William P. Leahy desertedchurch-todayspirit I am very confident that the Spirit is with us. William P. Leahy spirit Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again. William P. Leahy issuestalkingpeople What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College. William P. Leahy bostoncollegeroots We've always had issues up for discussion at Catholic universities. William P. Leahy discussionissuescatholic Some of the speakers we bring on campus may not reflect official church teaching, but that's how it is. William P. Leahy churchteachingmay BC is not going to replace the hierarchy, and BC is not going to lead some major reform in the Catholic Church - that's got to come out of the whole Catholic community. William P. Leahy catholiccommunitychurch Clearly there are individuals who don't understand what the church teaches, or they think it's so limiting. William P. Leahy individualchurchthinking The challenge for the church is how do we have unity about basic beliefs and yet respect individual differences. William P. Leahy individual-differencesunitychallenges This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community. William P. Leahy helpcrisiscommunityopportunity What I think we can do is help individuals understand the church teaching, but also maybe help the church understand the viewpoint of lay men and women about what they want in regard to priests, or how do they want the hierarchy to deal with them? William P. Leahy thinkwomenchurchmen As a university, we're not focused on bringing about huge reforms - that's not our role. William P. Leahy roleaboutuniversityfocused I would be with those who say the hierarchy in the United States has badly mishandled this whole situation. William P. Leahy thosesaywhosituation I say let's respond as best we can to the victims and their families. William P. Leahy victimsrespondsaybest
